@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "20f50b6b-c8d8-4e7d-8598-b09d33ac9a5e"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-11-25"@en, "1904-08-05"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/thenugget/items/1.0082752/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ THE NUGGET. Vol. I. No. 36. Poplar, b. C, August 5,1904. $2.00 A Year. News of the Mines. The lower tunnel on the Mother Lode is in 20 feet and the face in ore. Geo. H. Davis came down from the Spyglass this week, and will take a short holiday. He reports the mine looking well. [)r. Mi Hoy is applying for a crown on the Alpine, 1 X L and 1 X L Fraction mineral claims, situate on Eight ;md Nine Mile creeks. John Keen commenced development this week on the Golden Chest group, Marquis mountain, about a mile from town. Two men are at work. D. McRae and Chas. Diamond went up to the AI ha in bra group, at the head of Rapid creek, this week. They will run a 20-foot tunnel before returning. P. Sheran and A. C. Cody have taken a working bond on the Ethel and Silver Leaf, Cascade creek, from John Quay and Chas. Luce. These claims adjoin the Young Dominion. About $300 has already been expended in \\ running a crosscut tunnel. The lead is about three feet wide carrying gray copper and galena. Local Happenings. A. J. McDougall of St. Paul, who about six weeks ago bonded the Ross properties, writes that he will he on the ground in a few days to commence development. Parson Smith and Ken Morrison have struck a 3-foot lead of pyrrhotite in the Denver, near Bosworth. Samples have been sent out for assay. The A very rich lead has been uncovered, on the Winslow, Seven Mile creek. It is from 5 to 6 feet in width of quartz, carrying high values in gold. The lead has been stripped for a distance of about fifty feet. J. J. McKinnon of Poplar has been awarded the contract to cut out and grade the 3-mile trail from the wagon road to the Mammoth group on Fish creek, the work to be completed by October 1, when regular shipments will be commenced. Fifteen hundred ore sacks have been ordered and are now on the road to the mine. This week Chism & Hendrix bonded the Hecla and Hecla Fraction to John ■ 1 "■" \""""■"" mmJ ' w" " w~**m ** "T***'TBItatldl/ft :e."1)Nmf- and Cap Race*} the children have been attending school Lof Spokane for $5,000, development Chas. Scott of Nelson was looking over the camp this week. Jackson Radclirfe is over in the Slocan doing assessment work. Orders have been issued to keep off the fence at the C. P. R. depot. J. A. Magee of the Spyglass made a flying trip to Nelson the past week. F, A. Tamblin leaves today for Nelson, whore he takes a position in the Hotel Strathcona. H. Mcintosh and Mrs. Mcintosh were down from Rapid Creek this week after supplies. W. E. Morand, Mrs. Morand and children arrived from Greenwood Wednesday and will reside here. J. Chapman left for Kaslo Wednesday, where he will have charge of the building of a concentrator. A pack train of twelve animals was sent up with supplies for the Spyglass by E. L. Masterson this week. Mrs. E. L. Morand and family arrived from Montreal Wednefday, where John Ryan has completed assessment work on the Gold Finch group, situated about six miles up Poplar creek. The work consists of surface crosscuts. The lead is Irom 8 to 12 feet in width, carrying silver-gold values. Jacobs &. Irwin have completed the season's work on the Big Talk, located about seven miles up Poplar creek. The ledge is a large one, carrying copper and g.tlena. Samples have been taken to Spokane for assay. work to be commenced at once. The terms of the bond are $1,000 in 60 days, $1,500 in 90 days and the balance in 120 days. The claims are loeated on Rapid creek, near the Broken Hill. Assessment work lor the year has been done on the Black Diamond, situated on the south fork of the south fork of the Lardo river and about one and a half miles northeast of Bonanza group. The work done consists of a 10-foot tunnel and open cuts. The lead is 30 inches wide and assays $18 gold and 60 ounces in silver. The Black Diamond was staked in 1897 and is owned by J, J. Foltz of Tacoma. A J. Stierle has completed the year's assessment on the Victoria, adjoining Ihe Mother Lode on Poplar creek. The lead is 8 feet of quartz carrying gold and silver values. Three open cuts have been run crossculting the lead. On the Ironsides, an extension of the Copper King, there is a 70-foot lead, assaying 33 per cent copper, from 2 to 5° ounces in silver and $2 to $6 in gold. The Ironsides is about a mile from the Copper King and was located this season by J. Simpson and T. Armstrong. °n the Elkhorn and Golden Eagle, Cascade dUETl. McHale has a 10- foot lead of quartz carrying gold values, 'he lowest assay from which was $6 and running up in the hundreds. The assessment for this season is done, consisting of surface crosscutting and str«pping. Work has been commenced on the International group, near the First Crossing, and owned by A. J. Ogilvie and Spokane parties. The group comprises the International, Fairview, Riverside, Spokane and Blue Grouse. The lead is three feet wide carrying silver-gold values of from $36 to $80. A 50-foot tunnel is being run to tap the lead at a depth of 75 feet. Development was commenced this week on the French group, four miles north of Goldhill and owned by G. B. Rosicat, A. Plante, A. Robilette and Ray Sturgeon. The group comprises five claims on which there is a 30-foot lead of quartz carrying copper and gold values. There is considerable native copper in the lead. Last week the owners completed a good trail from Goldhill to the group. A 50-foot shaft will be sunk and the lead crosscut at that depth. Those who have seen the property say that it gives promise of hfcomme one of the big mines of B. C. for the past year. Wednesday the school population ofj Poplar was increased by ten. Before school opens it may be necessary to have an extra teacher. J, J. Cameron, Mrs. Cameron and family leave Monday for Trail, where Mr. Cameron will engage in business. Clarence Morgan takes charge of the post office. No! Unfortunately there is no penalty in the criminal code for persons dancing to phonographic music. However, it might come under the head of inciting to murder. At last the C. P. R. is beginning to appreciat the commercial importance of Poplar—a broom and scrubbing brush were this week added to the furniture of the Poplar depot, ^\\ All the thermometers in Poplar have gone out of business. Wednesday last the mercury climed through the roof, and Thursday boiled fish were found floating on the surface of Poplar creek. The glacier at the head of Cascade has gone out of business. Hot, hotter, h—. Bonanza Group. Oscar Nelson and Chas. Dandell returned last week from Haskins' creek basin where they had been working on the Bonanza group, lying between the American and Silver Cup mines. The Bonanza has the Silver Cup lead. The work done consists of a 140-foot tunnel on the lead and two crosscuts from. the foot wall, one 20 feet at 60 feet, and the other 23 at 120 feet, without reaching the hanging wall. The lead is quartz carrying galena and gray copper, and assaying $44 in gold and over 200 ounces in silver. There is also an 18-inch fissure vein on the Bonanza, running over $30 in gold and about 20 ounces in silver. The Bonanza is about four and a half miles from the American landing on Trout lake and five miles from Gerrard. A cabin 14X 20 has been built on the property. The owners are J. N. Nelson, Nat Lay, Oscar T. Nelson, P. A. Lindgren, C. A. Dandell, Henry Carlson, J. W. Westhall and F. C. Elliott. The group comprises six claims and was located in August, 1899. I becoming one Mulock's Quick Delivery. Mail from Poplar to Goldhill, a distance of three miles by train, is taken all the way to Kaslo, held there two days and then sent back. This is fast mail service with a vengeance. It can't cost any more to drop the Goldhill mail of on the down train than it does to carry it to Kaslo, unless Mr. Galliher is trying to give the Lardeau the worst possible mail service at the greatest possible expense to the country. It takes three days to carry mail matter three mille, and going like blazes all the time. As a departmental head Mulock is a wonder. The Swede Group. Prospect work has been completed on the Swede group and work resumed on the lower tunnel, which is in 117 feet. This tunnel gives a vertical depth of a little over one hundred feet, and will be continued for another 100 feet, after which very little development will be done until a stamp-mill is installed. It is very little use reiterating what has already been said of the Swede group. On the surface the pay ore has been proved over an area of 300 by 1000 ft and this by underground workings to a depth of over 100 feet. It is a huge quarry containing millions of cubic feet of pay ore, the lowest assays from which was $6 and running from that amount up to over $100,000 to the ton. That the Swede group is not paying dividends must be attributed to mismanagement. These statements are not made with the intention of boosting the camp, but with the object of placing facts before the shareholders of the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., many of whome are subscribers to this paper. Within twelve months of the installation of a 20-stamp mill the Swede group will have turned out more gold than the amount of the capital stock of the Great Northern Mines, Ltd. This is not the opinion of the editor alone, but of experienced mining men who haved examined the property. Shareholders should examine the property and then act, if they want to mine and pay dividends. E. L. Morand is papering and otherwise improving the interior of the Royal. He is going to stay with the camp until gold can be picked up in the streets. / /- itel » I mi JB Poplar, B. C, August 5, I ^^^m THE NyGGET. >:: I m I wmmmmmmmm THE NUGGET * la published every Friday at Poplar, B. C and is sent to any address for $2.00 a year. Commerciala• r at /»"ii' i ■■ Now that it has been definitely settled that the spectators at the "Hen*- ley regatta did not call Lou SoholeS the champion Toronto oarsman," either a "foreigner" or a "stranger/' the Dominion elections will not be held until a new policy has been manufactured. *T ■< The Camborne Miner_ omplains that time cheques issued by. tjhe Great Northern and cashed by merchants of that to n, have not been honored by the company. A gold brick i$ay be expected this month from, the Oyster mill. The Swede group Js turning out ore rich enough to pack in grips, Yodng men trom the "Greatest Nation on Earth," should cache Cheir guns south of the 49th parallel when visiting British Columbia. In the U. S. guns are a necessary adjunct to freedom In Canada the law and guns do not harmonize. Here it is not necessary tor the individual to wear his nip-pocket out with a shooting iron. Whin wc lose in liberty we gain in vital statistics. Some giin- pr&metms -mfigeTln here last week "by liberty loving citizens of the republic sotxtu d^.tfife^ Tiie Nugget woulditiggek, should''th'e young men"contem^)late i Vfetuih'to Poplar, thattWy' l&itfJ thWJjuiis ^t' home; The ibwest"rater lor* shotting'ttdlfefe through windows' iri"KobtgnU^ is'M mdthi bh Bbb 'Lenioh's<'8i^ie>urVea^. Som'ettme^th^'ratfe^ fare' 'tiiglter; as much'depVrids"uti6rt 'how thejud^e's digestive flrtfafis 'Me working alt' ihe time. Oi CuriW thli ^Ifodtihg was a joke, but the judg^'oF-fil'Wm so utterly devoid© of "hunTfor''that" they have so^ur tailed.to enter iritti tMtyiMt ot a joke with gun atticftme'rifci u»tW youngsters who made the* '^Un^ky were very fortunate that theJ'infcid&nt was kept quiet until they were saltely out of the country, otherwise ri.' Gi would have been the owner of three extra guns, and Bob Lemon would have been compelled to increase the force on his rock quarry. Canadian booze and Yankee guns make a very poor combination tor the person who wishes to earn more than board and lodging. __ Says the Kootenay Mail: "The Poplar Nugget is rather inconsistent. It praises the McBride government for dealing with the coal and oil lands and then describes the administration of the mining laws as so bad provincial government the Kootenay Mail has probably arrivad at wrong eonotasioofii -hi -tetewjooe- to the-item/ in the Nugget. The manner in whicl^ the |n|iinfe lajMuive been alminis-^ tereH&i ft is jji^lct-/bV;"(iQhi Com< Inissiouer Fraser and his subordinate^ is-'afeovB^criftieism. -Hftk is-^ot^to- the1 aoliuinistratpn „ o|, *he ^mjnjng laws jby theprovincialgoverntqflnt.thaf we. mpM, ftRifi* wm ?fw BwMp but to ignorance of ^aD^intees^of the Laurier government in regird to Alt Q'U* Ol U;jU-'I fl^-Jfc' 'ifHli.AlitUlU minrng conditions. It will he remembered 'flbVt nearly''Vill'* tiie ' ap- poihtirifenta"' «bt ^thtS1' fcujtteule 'court b^rtCfi .by the Laiirfer government haVe teen lime 'art*waJirfruni the turnip afid"'wwkgrewii»g' pproviHces-'oi Canada. It is impossible for t^iesb jmen in a fewi/yeare. toouuitgrow: jthc influence.of tb^r>preHwus bucolic^-, vironment. It req.uUes|(tinwi;tober come faipij^ar^w^thcoiidj^ons in a I mining camp, evenly those who.a^e, daily engaged in, uiinin£~sometirn,e,s years before the prospector can arrive at intelligent conclusions in' regard to the industry in which' he "is en."" jgaged. Yet lawyers! who; iiave jriev'er seen a mine, and wtii ^e'prj- vfbus'training has been among th'6' 'turnips, the shorthorns, the cots-' 'wolds,'>the spring wheat and the Olydtsdales, are appointed to the bench-ajid-'expected to arrive at just conclusions in reference to an in iustry about which they, know absolutely nothing. Had< the tcial judge in the Tanghe case been familiar with mining conditions and had he.visited the Lucky Jack mine, it is-probable that his decision would have been dif- fewart—and ~ claim ju»pi»ff—4W«kU have become unpopular in the dis ago. expressed practically the same opinions as are contained in "this aFtiele^J^ut/Som«Jw^iat stoongeK^iioldr Obmmissioner Eraser's decision, if al 7 »• * lowed to stand, would have effectu ally put a stop to claim jumping, the decision, of JC^JM^Jbtrtin had the opposite effect. The one was fa. miliar wWT. mtoijfe coJdiJionV the other was not Mr. Fraser examined the "ground in dispute, Mr. JU8tice Maj^ii^4Wv--iM>tw^>e^«pe Anew, the other did not know. •f r «• j« ■i'i i.i » ■ l; , 'Jf! 3J-.i " m* i Mm m ■■' m • W 7Wl1 #fifiifnula M . . POPWR $k « Has ample accommodation for a ^ | large number of ie^te. Thffe ^abl6 I fn is ^taWi^d tiith the best in the mar- 4 jR^lteto The-bar contains the popular $ W 'brands of Jiquid' S*j^ V2v TTTT -,| !...<>!< ••/ •>;.' • f'un! Hambly & Nelson. .ii iiiKi --r rr- Hawthorne Bros GOLD HILL Miners and Prospectors7 Supplies. STEEL ii '^u.'.i.iiy -Sk ,l|»"tUl 4*. IJlll. 111 l.t ,U)(^jU L.I.jK i lJ.il I 'e* *l\\ *i\\ ^> *l> ^iv7iv?;v7;v in- . A i, '. J «i'i.' . y\\ t IN KASLO , , . ft iblYt'UrJ •'; L..'ifl •Jj'll J|; •I'alX.i^; ■>, 'j thatm«»e"notisurpa^«ed» \\\\n \\h& Goldery^We^^^nti^tHer^ is mi^g^o^um Jims th(at tf(fefecferH HWhdf day eosrrlbkfe -i -*ifl 1 .At..r\\ i.i-j* ,\\,\\\\; i.i... .y(>) it. iFuiraisJicd*. .)Room&< i,ai- GOmfiflERGiAL HOTEL i.i •i j^.j m .it« ^FOBMKBLY Horn. |.\\.\\., Chas. Hanson^ Proprietor. First-class In^venr doj>amnenl. Wines Liquors and C^ars (he 0 finest'p^uraBfr^lie Menu has no equal in the Lerdea-u, Call ?wid be convinced that BE THE COMMERCIAL 18 THE BEST ^Sg^'fSi:BSS''sr""l!=:=""'m'" "*" ■HI .UOlLt. (»J ■HI jtj'HU- »»j 'Jt Mil / u; y,, ways read^.f^^tli^^nee^. Poplar pr'ospetocfrs ,;atvvay« welcome and g,wepri,tb^ test.; ;i "'»>ii.l il ./|, ALLEN & PAUMEfi • ii p Hi. -'jxj.in THE NUGGET. Poplar, B. C, August 5, 1904. The Waste Dun™ Tbe rubber sheets known as sheet packing may be more easily cut if ♦he knife be dipped frequently in water during the process. The Detroit Copper Co., Arizona, is doubling its concentrating capacity, which will give it, when completed, a capacity of 1,000 tons in 24 hours. It will require about eighteen months to make the change. The first week in July saw the genii annual disbursement of divi dends and interest payments aggregating $150,000,000, which is a very tidy sum to be distributed throughout the commercial world. In Utah during the six months ending June 40, 1904, the value ot the local ore and bullion settlements in the open market reached a total of $11,2(»7,540. compared with $11,- 21i),200lor the corresponding period of 19C3. The counsel for the plaintiff had teen bullying the witness for an hour, when he finally asked: Is it true that there are traces of insanity in your family ? Likely answered the witness. My grandfather, who was studying for the ministry, gave it up to become a lawyer. Over In Boston little eiirht-yearold Jimmy Syry surprised his teacher with this outburst of confidence: Teacher, my mother is awav; been away for two weeks I was out to dinner last night, goin'out to dinner tonight, goin' where I ple::seSu day, hain't had a bath for two weeks. The ^desrspeciitlefis of glass, Bays an authority on curious information, are traced back from 1,500 to 2,300 years liefore Christ. These are of Kgypthw origin. Transparent glass is- believed in have first been used about 750 years before the Christian era. Glass was not used for windows until about A. I). 300. There is an enormous quantity of timber used annually in the mines of the United S'ates. In the copper mines ot Nortl ern Mic igan more timber is forever sunk from sight than in anv other place in the world. The Calumet and Hecla copper irine is said to consume r.o less than 30,- 000,000feet ot lumber a year, and its neighbor, the Tamarac, more than $15,000,000 feet. The "proper" amount of mercury tc feed 11 a*stamp battery depends upon the value ot the ore being milled or, more correctly, upon the amount of the amalgamate gold in the ore The miliumn is guided in adding quicksilver by the feel of the outside plates If the amalgam is hard and ciumbly there is a deficiency of mercury; if thin and slippery and easily broken up, then too much mercury is being added and the supply- is regulated accordingly. A tempered copper instrument, clearly a relic of the prehistoric age, was fv.und a lew days ago by camp era on the shores of Lake Gogebic, a small b! tonic nnIfc ^ *!e,d P^ulnir view*, £- Pi Jhe,CUdffeI and declared that he would show that the Bible itself was obscene. He therefore published the Train League, a p£per containing excerpts from certainly blunt passages of the scriptures. For this he was arrested and thrown into prison una charge of circulating ob ttene matter. He was held in the lombsfive months, and finally ad juaued insane. The prosecution was dropped when it was discovered that ins publication was extracts from the Bible. Subscribe for The Nugget. THE Grand Central HOTEL Is convenient to the C. P. R. depot, and provides all there is in the market. Cosy rooms, Tasty meals and Pure liquors can always be had at this hotel. John Carey, Prop. Front St., Poplar. The Canadian Bank of Commerce: With which is Amalgamated The Bank of British Columbia. HEAD OFFICE-TORONTQ. Paid up Capital, $8,700,000. Reserve Fund, $3,000,000. Aggregate Resources, Exceeding $83,000,000. HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E WALKER, General Manager Saoings Bank Department, Doposits received and Interest AUoved Nelson Branch. BRUCE HEATHCOTE, Manager. IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA. Capital authorized, $4,000,000 Capital [paid up] - 3,000,000 Rest 2,850,000 Head Office: B TORONTO, ONTARIO. Branches in the Northwest Territories, Provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. T. R. MERRIIT, President. D. R. WiLKIE, VicePres. and Gen. Man. E. HAY, Assistant Gen. Manager. W. MOFFAT, Chief Inspector. Trout Lake, B. C, Branch: A Oeneral banking Business Transacted Savings Department—Deposits received and interest allowed.. Drafts sold available in all parts of Canada and the United States. Special attention given to Collections, Mining Bonds and business transacted by Mail. E. K. BOULTBEE, Manager. He who fights ane runs away From awful battle scenes, May live to write them up some day For all the magazines. NELSON FAIR THE STRATHCONA Hotel in Nelson has no superior in West Kootenay. Always plenty of room lor Poplar millionaires. B. TOMKINS, flANAGER. Second Annual Exhibition of the Nelson Agricultural and Industrial Association. September 28-29 JOHN KEEN Notary and Commissioner POPLAR and kaslo. EDWARD BAILLIE A. N. VARS Baillie, Vara & Go. REAL ESTATE, MINING AND INSURANCE ACTS POPLAR, B. C. HOTEL BOSWORTH GOLD HILL, B. C. The hotel is furnished ami nMfed up in the most modern style. Best of accommodation f.r mining men and tourist*. Only A 1 brands of liquors an4 M 0. B. N. WILKIE, P L. S., Trout Lake. ! I i The Grand Hotel POPLAR Best Menu in the City Bed Rooms Large and Comfortable We Sell Liquors Just as They Come from the Wholesalers. Jacobson & Anderson ! i ! 1 +000000000000000000000000% The Kaslo Hotel Kaslo, B. C. Isa pleasant halting place for pilgrims on their way to Poplar. Cockle A Papwotrith E. HARROP Lumber and Builders' Material, Hardware, Granite- ware, Stoves, Lamps, Tents, Paints, Oils, Etc., Etc FRONT STREET, POPLAR B. C F. H. HAWKINS A88ATEE % SANDON, B. C. MoKlnnon A Sutherland Carry the largest stock in the Lardeau, including Miners' and Prospectors' Supplies. Hardware, Groceries, Furnishings. FERGUSON, B. C. IT SADDLE and PACK ANIMALS Supplies delivered to any part of the district at reasonable rates. Prospectors outfits moved and Saddle Horses furnished. GEORGE CHATAWAY POPLAR, B. C, J". H. 3L.OVE3 NELSON EMPLOYMENT 1 {9 AGENCY S Help of All Kinds Furnished I nmmmmmmtm 1 ON SHORT NOTICK R. ELLIOTT Furniture and Undertaking Bargains in all kinds of Furniture, Stoves, Crockery, etc. Wall Paper. Two complete sets of Bar Fixtures, 1 British Plate Mirror 46x96 inches, new, Letter Presses, Biliard and Pool Tables, Cash Registers and other specialties Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention R. ELLIOTT, KASLO, B. C. The Place to Buy FURNITURE D. J. Robertson & Co. Furniture Dealers and Funeral Directors. NELSON, B. 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